GRE Word List
RIDDLE
a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum
The meaning of the word riddle is a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exhilarating | causing strong feelings of happy excitement and elation : thrilling |
| solecism | an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence |
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| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| lode | waterway |
| douse | to plunge into water |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| raspy | harsh |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| infiltrate | to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes |